Re: [SOLVED... sort of] Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs
Hi,
My problem is solved: I am able to print with both machines, although
graphics appear to be very slow. Then why "sort of"? I do not know which
driver I am actually using...
After reading the discussion between Brian and Camaleón (and some
suggestions in private mail, thanks to all) which centred around "to PS
or to PCL, that's the question", I decided to remove everything on both
machines that even vaguely has something to do with printing (OK,
without removing Gnome completely). I re-installed Cups and tried all
drivers that came for the HP2000 DTN without any improvement. Then I
(accidentally) un-installed the printer-driver-postscript-hp package,
re-installed it again. After this I had two *identical entries* for the
HP LaserJet 2200 Postscript driver in the CUPS browser based
administration tool (not in the Gnome GUI btw). If I use the first entry
in the list it does NOT work. But if I use the second entry, I can print
on both machines.
The source of the CUPS administration tool shows (notice the 2 entries
for HP LaserJet 2200 Postscript on line 8 and 9):
<OPTION VALUE="foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/HP-LaserJet_2200-lj4dith.ppd" >HP LaserJet 2200 Foomatic/lj4dith (en)
<OPTION VALUE="foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/HP-LaserJet_2200-lj5gray.ppd" >HP LaserJet 2200 Foomatic/lj5gray (en)
<OPTION VALUE="foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/HP-LaserJet_2200-ljet4.ppd" >HP LaserJet 2200 Foomatic/ljet4 (en)
<OPTION VALUE="foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/HP-LaserJet_2200-Postscript.ppd" >HP LaserJet 2200 Foomatic/Postscript (en)
<OPTION VALUE="foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/HP-LaserJet_2200-pxlmono.ppd" >HP LaserJet 2200 Foomatic/pxlmono (en)
<OPTION VALUE="drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_2200-hpijs-pcl3.ppd" >HP LaserJet 2200 hpijs pcl3, 3.12.2 (en)
<OPTION VALUE="drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_2200-pcl3.ppd" >HP LaserJet 2200 pcl3, hpcups 3.12.2 (en)
<OPTION VALUE="postscript-hp:0/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_2200-ps.ppd" >HP LaserJet 2200 Postscript (recommended) (en)
<OPTION VALUE="postscript-hp:1/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_2200-ps.ppd" >HP LaserJet 2200 Postscript (recommended) (en)
<OPTION VALUE="drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_2200_series-hpijs.ppd" >HP LaserJet 2200 Series hpijs, 3.12.2 (en)
<OPTION VALUE="drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_2200_series.ppd" >HP LaserJet 2200 Series, hpcups 3.12.2 (en)
I do not know the difference between the two, other than the empirical
proof that the first entry does not work and the second does.
--
Groeten,
Joost Kraaijeveld
Askesis B.V.
Molukkenstraat 14
6524NB Nijmegen
tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277
fax: 024-3608416
web: www.askesis.nl
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